Yes, a Waffle House brawl in Atlanta landed him behind bars for a few hours. If it was anyone other than Kid Rock I wouldn’t buy it. Police have revealed that Kid, a.k.a Robert Ritchie, made a pit stop at the Waffle House on Buford Highway in the wee hours of the morning after a performance. With his entourage surrounding him as he enjoyed his breakfast, another male patron of the restaurant “exchanged words” with a female member of the group that ignited a disagreement that spilled into the parking lot and morphed into a physical fight. The reported crazy-making left one person, believed to be the instigator Harlen Akins, treated at a local hospital for cuts and bruises. Kid Rock and 5 of his fellow Waffle House brawlers were taken into police custody after his tour bus was pulled over. He can now add a misdemeanor charge of simple battery to his resume. But don’t cry for Kid Rock. He was out of DeKalb County Jail around 5 p.m. Sunday. He was even up to signing autographs on his way out.

Fox 5 News has learned that musician Kid Rock was arrested in Atlanta overnight in connection with a brawl at a Waffle House in DeKalb County Police tell us the singer, also known as Robert Ritchie, stopped at the restaurant at 5:15 this morning after performing at The Tabernacle.

A male customer recorgnized [sic] a woman in Kid Rock’s entourage, and police say that customer and the woman had words. That escalated into an argument, then a phjysical [sic] fight in the parking lot of the Waffle House, located on Buford Highway. Police were summoned, and Kid Rock’s tour bus was pulled over a short time later.

He and five members of his entourage were taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery. The customer, who police identify as Harlen Akins, has been charged with one felony count of second degree criminal damage to property for allegedly smashing a window at the restaurant.

He was taken to Northside Hospital and treated for cuts, bruises and lacerations. No member of Kid Rock’s entourage was hospitalized. Kid Rock bonded out and left the DeKalb County jail just after 5.pm. Sunday, signing autographs as he made his way to the tour bus.

[From My Fox Atlanta]

Note by Celebitchy: Kid Rock is no stranger to fisticuffs. He famously got into an altercation with Tommy Lee at the VMAs this year, saying that he “had it coming” after harassing him over his divorce with their mutual ex, Pamela Anderson. Tommy Lee said he was minding his business and that Rock up and punched him on the cheek at the VMAs. He said he was about to put the smack down on him for the unprovoked attack when bodyguards separated the two. “This is what people do when they have shitty albums and their careers are going down the drain,” Lee added.

Rock was also arrested in February, 2005 for punching a DJ in a strip club after they got into an argument over the music he was playing. Rock pled no contest to misdemeanor assault and the DJ is suing him for a million dollars.

I can’t wait to hear Kid Rock’s side of this latest fight, told with his typical bravado and attention to detail. If he has any sense he’ll avoid talking to the press and will issue a carefully worded statement about what happened, saying that he’s grateful no one was seriously injured. It’s Kid Rock, though, so you know he’ll talk a lot of smack about the guy and we’ll get a colorful account of how he and his friends were innocent victims despite the fact that it was the other guy who was hurt.

Here’s a collection of Kid Rock’s mug shots, thanks to The Smoking Gun. Header image is his most current booking photo thanks to My Fox Atlanta.